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US carrier strike group will embark on scheduled deployment amid Middle East tensions
NORFOLK, Va. — The United States' most advanced aircraft carrier leaves Virginia for a regularly scheduled deployment Tuesday that could position it near Israel after the U.S. inserted itself in Israel's war to destroy Iran's nuclear program.
The U.S. was already planning to deploy the USS Gerald R. Ford when American warplanes bombed three Iranian sites early Sunday to support Israel's goals. Iran retaliated with a limited missile attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar on Monday.
